Thomas the Tank Engine to get a marketing pushLOS ANGELES -- One of the oldest preschool entertainment and toy franchises, Thomas the Tank Engine, is about to get a new marketing ... given the asking price. TV episodes and movies are expensive to produce, for instance, and DVDs do not sell the way ...

Thomas the Tank Engine movie coming in 2011Everyone’s favorite talking train, Thomas the Tank Engine, is starring in his own movie. The film will be produced by Julie Pistor of HIT Movies, who said of the character’s appeal: 'Thomas & Friends' is a phenomenally successful and ...

Space Toys From '50s Rocket in ValueOf particular interest are the TV ... and characters. Space toys of the 1950s are gaining value. The most valuable of such collectibles are toy rocket ships, ray guns and robots, Halloween costumes, figurines, board games, books, lunch boxes and dishes.

Your e-mails: 'Childhood was filled with' 'Star Wars'30 years ago, those words first appeared across movie theater ... Thirty years later, "Star Wars" remains my all-time favorite film. I saw "Star Wars" during its initial run in 1977 while living in New York City. My uncle took me to see it ...

An Australian Man Cave to be proud ofNo beer, cricket or footy memorabilia, or thongs, but lot of comics (13,000 and counting) and toys. My three main hobbies ... TV is much better. This is the view from the couch. View of the left-side of the room. I started off with the brown china cabinet ...

China’s TransformationThe toys people collected as young children are now worth a lot of money, especially those in the original boxes. At the exhibition ... of the Transformer movie made in the US in 1986. "That movie wasn't imported to China. So in 2001 I managed to find ...

TOY TIME: INNOVATIVE TOYS ARE REAL WINNERSSometimes it seems like the only toys around are those that are licensed by TV and movie characters. If it's not a Power Ranger ... Every day for weeks when we went to our lunch boxes we found them emptied of the sandwiches and sweets we had packed in ...